Mail-bag receiving and delivering device



1,617,222 Fel 8 1927* G. c. sARvER MAIL AG RECEIVING AND DELIVERING DEVICE 2 sheets-'sheet 1 Filed Avril 4 1925 www Mf'm Feb'. 8, 1927.

G. C. SARVER MAIL BAG lRECEIVINGND DELIVERING DEVIS-E Fild April 4, 1925- 2 Sheets-.Sheet l2 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 8, 19.27.

Uirso STATES .TENT I orF1cE.

' GLENN C. SAB/VER, 0F LONE ELM, KANSAS.

Y MAIL-BAG'RECEIVING AND. DELIVERING DEVICE.

Application mea apn; 4, 1925. seriai No. 20,777-

' is eliminated.

With the above and-other'objects in view, the inventionfurther includes the following novel features and details ofv construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out vin the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention arranged beside a, railroad track and illustratingboth the station device and the car ycarried device.-

F igure2 is an elevation showing the ycar carried device in position. f c

Figure 3 is an end view of the subject matter of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view illustrating the mail bag supporting device in position to transfer a mail bag from'the station device to the car.

Figure 5 is a similar View illustrating the mail bag supporting device in position to transfer a mail bag from the car to the station device, the bag being omitted.

Referring to the drawingsin detail where-V in like characters of reference denote cor` responding parts, the station device or transfer mechanism comprises a rotatable member which includes upper and lower frames and 11 respectively, the latter being connected by rods or uprights 12 while supported by the rods or uprights is an intermediate or guide frame 13. These frames are so connected as to provide a transfer mechanism which may be rotated as a unit nected to determine the speed' of rotation of the transfer member. Q

The car which is indicated at l19 has eX- f tendinelongitudinally along I.its side, arod 20. This rod is arranged preferably at 0r near the top of the door of the mail car, while extending oppositely from each side ofthe door beneath the rod 20 are rods or arms 21, the latter being arranged parallel. with the sidefof the Car.

, The'mail'l bags which are indicated at 22 are adapted to have secured thereto bagsupportingldevices the latter including hookshaped plates 23 which-are adapted to engage over the frames 10 or 11 of the transfer tending from the hook-shapedplate k23 of each of the supporting devices are spaced arms 24, while loops 25 and a ring 26 serve to connect themail bagwith the supporting devices. yPivotally mounted at the outer ends of the varms 24 as shown at- 27 are dogs 28, pivotal movement of these dogs in one direction being limited by stops' 29 at the outer ends of the arms 24 and stops p carried' by thedogs 28. vThe dogs vare thus normally in position to bridge the member or over the` rods20and 21. EX-` Vspace across lthe outer endsv of the arms a speedometer so that when approaching a c station, the car' may travel at a predetermined speed. The transfer member is rotated in the same direction as the'direction of travel of the car and during the travel of the latter past the transfer member, rotation of the latter will force the kdogs over the rod, or, the rod 2O will engage and'open the dogs inward so as to pass said dogs and occupy a position between the arms 24, whereupon, the dogs will be closed under the action of their springs. By moving the transfer member in the direction oftravel of the train, the force of impact due to engagement of the rod and dogs will be materially lessened, as will also the shock at transfer of the bag, as the bag is travelling in the direction of train movement when u suspended from the rod :2.0;

transfer occurs. Zhen the bag supporting devices reaches the end Vof vthe rod 20, the hook-'shaped plateY 23 Vwill be disengaged from the frame lOsoras to leave the bag Mounted at each end of the' rod 20 isa pulley 31 aronndlnfliicli passesa-rope orv cable 32, the latter carrying spaced substantially L-shaped arms 33. YOne oftliese arms sadapted to engagethe-bagQQ so that by operating the ropeor cable 32, the bag; may be drawn alongtlie side of the Vcar tothe :doorlfor' itslconvenien-t removal. Thev incoming mail; that 1s, the-mailto be delivered at Y' theI station .isfsupported by OUeof'tle bag supporting devices just described, the hook-shapedplate 2S-being engagedv over one ofthe arms 2l.' As tbe car approaches V:the-rotating transfer member,

4the lower Vfrallnellnvill engage. andforce inWardLth'e hooks'QS after :themannerV described in-connection With the rod 2O so `that Ythe bag supporting devicesan'd bag y will be transferred from ther-od Qltetbe frame l1. Thevinventlonis susceptible of' various [changes in itsform, proportions and V'n'iinor detalls of construction and the right lsherein reservedfto make. suchcbanges as properly fallivitliinthe scope of the appendedV gclaims.YY J A -Y Having described'the invention what is claimed is 1. .A mail bag transferring device. comprisinga station mechanism including an annular normen-tally disposedrotatable frame',fmean s to yrotate they frame, va car cari' ried rodand ab'ag supporting device adapted tobertransferred'sfrom the frame to the rod, said',` device comprisingi av supporting hook adapted for removable engagement with the frame,spaced arms extending from the book, means connectingthe supporting device and bag, lspring actuated pivotally mounted dogs attli-e outer ends of the arms to engage the rod and means to limit pivetal movemrent ofthe dogs in one direction. A r ail bag transferring device comprising'a track device including a rotatable p annular frame, a car carried device, .'abagV supporting device. carried by tlietracl; device andadaptcd to .engage tbe'carI carried device to 4transfer the bagsupportinggdevi'ce to `the. car `and means to rotate the frame.

A mail bagv transferring'device'com'- prising a track device including'a movable member, a car carriedA device including a rod extendingk longitudinally of"tlfefcar, a

bag' supporting device xcarried by tlre'tra'clr device and adaptedjtoengagetlre'ffrod to transfer rtlre'bag supporting device .t0-the Yber and manually V-operatedj means to engage the bag supporting device and'move the latter longitudinally vof,"tl1e'1'`1' `)cl after transfer has been effected.'

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